Do women REALLY want to be equal to men?

By your answer it seems you need to put more thinking involved. First off women are not more bitchy or problematic than your average man that is just a lazy stereotype perpetrated by the media, the way you were socialized or just from lack of life experience. Both men and women can be bitchy, controlling, problematic and everything in between. I think you just need to put things in perspective. Say the tables were turned? Think about the notion of living in a culture where opening a door for you was seen as a way of respect yet by the majority of your country doesn't have enough respect for you to give you the right to vote your own president, the person who decides policies and laws that affect your everyday life. Because at one point that was a reality for women only a few decades ago. Look at how women are treated in other countries. Take the time to look at all of the rights women had to fight for that should be given to any basic human being and think about how your gender never had to do that because it was already a given right. I know its hard to see the other side of it all but the more you learn about it i'm sure the more you'll understand. I'm not saying women are a superior gender or that men are either but most of the time men are granted much more privileges than women are in most cultures.

I think it would be nice if all the stereotypes vanished and we could just deal with each other one on one without gender creating prejudices, tension and barriers. What you are saying about most women being bitchy controlling and problematic is just such a stereotype, a hasty generalization - of course it is not fair and not true and you know there is no way you can prove it so why say it to make half the people in Y/A angry with you. I think it is because you love your privileged position or you are a troll.

I suspect it is both. I'm glad I don't have to be your sister, mother, daughter, girlfriend, or wife because with your anti-female attitude you would be unbearable to put up with - no wonder you think that of women are like that - they are probably only reacting to your prejudice - you dish it out - you get it back.

What bugs me is that people still have no idea about what equal rights actually entail these days.

We aren't trying to be like men. We just want to have equal opportunity and rights to do anything without stigmatization. Also, we want to be able to do things or have things without having to request/ask for permission.

We aren't trying to get rid of politeness and manners. We don't want to fight like men, because we aren't men. We don't want to BE like men, we want to have the same liberty to do whatever we want in life without any kinds of restrictions or judgement.

We want to be able to have a stigma-free sex life and not be labeled this and that for our intimate choices. We want to be able to decide for our body and our sex life without fearing of being judged and criticized, or worse, forced into making decisions we don't want to make (yes, I am talking about the right to abortion and birth control).

Actually very many things.

But mainly, we want to be treated like normal human beings as men are, not sex objects, sex slaves, servants and incubators. And no, women don't have it pretty good, especially not in America, from what I see. There is still the question of birth control, planned parenting and abortion going on over there, and this says that society has not moved beyond the 19th century stage of maturity, at least there. This whole feminist period that's been going on for the past 50 years looks like just some dust in the face right now, because apparently, the same issues that were discussed back then, are back on track now. I'm surprised that women still have the right to vote over there.

I think it depends on what generation of women you talk to? My aunt is in her 70s, and she is still mad at feminazi women who made the world the way it is now. I asked her to explain, and she stated we could thank them for why women are basically forced to work in this day and age. Those fighting for rights in her days would treat stay at home moms like they were helpless, or they were somehow being abused or held down by husband or kids, and to be honest not much as changed to the views of those in my generation (early 30s)... I went to college three times, have 4 majors, and I am blessed to be a SAHM

I honestly prefer male friends because of the conflict and drama the average woman can be (I don't need others to validate me)... and I enjoy being a woman, wife, and mother

I agree if a guy walked up to his female friend like she was a male and was cussing and talking about all the girls he thought were hot, she would flip out. But that's how a guy would speak to another guy. On the other hand guys get treated differently to girls. girls don't come up to there guy friends and ask them to go shopping and do pedicures. But however what girls really want is to not be treated like dirt, They wan't to get paid the same as a guy, things like that. They don't literally want to be pushed around by male friends like they are a guy, but guys wouldn't want girls asking them to go bake cookies and stuff either.

Women are treated deleciatly because thats they way men see them. Men want to give women special treatment its not what women are asking for. Who would want to be treated that way. Im glad im a man and would never want to be treated like most guys treat women.

Well, we should all be equal on the same level.

However, feminists are annoying as **** in my opinion. Sure, they don't have all the rights men do, but I don't see much of a difference. I always considered them the same.

No, they don't want to be equal to men any more than men want to be equal to women. They want to be and are individuals.

The word, "equal" is kinda working my nerves. LMAO

Women don't want equality, they want preferential treatment...